This year read a banned book week falls on:
Sunday 2023 October 01 – Saturday 2023 October 07
Every year for the past 37 years the American Library Association sponsors Banned Books Week: The Freedom To Read
Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last week of September, it highlights the value of free and open access to information. Banned Books Week brings together the entire book community –- librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types –- in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular.
By focusing on efforts across the country to remove or restrict access to books, Banned Books Week draws national attention to the harms of censorship.
The American Library Association maintains a list of the 100 most frequently challenged books by decade for your reading pleasure.
There is even a web site and a domain dedicated to Banned Books Week called BannedBooksWeek.org
Lastly here is a list of the Top 13 Most Challenged Books of 2022:
Please read or talk about a book from one of these lists during Banned Books Week 2023.
All freedom and all progress is ultimately rooted in the free flow of ideas.
